Internal profit pressures are sending medtech companies in search of ways to reduce their cost of sales. In most cases, medical device prices are dropping alongside revenue because of two factors: Providers are negotiating stronger contract positions and using or stocking medical devices more efficiently. To maintain the same level of profitability, many medical device firms are considering or testing out lower-cost sales deployment options to reach the same level of success that field sales teams have achieved in the past.

Looking back on the ’80s—leg warmers, Jazzercise, the Walkman and MTV—one can’t help feeling nostalgic, but also perhaps a little bit embarrassed. We were just getting started with personal computing and the technology revolution, so you could excuse a few of the things we did back then that now look a little silly or excessive. We didn’t know any better. It was a different time.

Maintaining long-term personal relationships is hard work. It takes conscious effort and constant focus in order for any relationship to survive. What’s often even harder, however, is rebuilding a broken relationship. Any relationship therapist will tell you that the inability to rebuild trust is what ends up destroying a relationship for good. This sentiment holds true in the business context as well.

Internal profit pressures are sending medtech companies in search of ways to reduce their cost of sales. In most cases, medical device prices are dropping alongside revenue because of two factors: Providers are negotiating stronger contract positions and using or stocking medical devices more efficiently. To maintain the same level of profitability, many medical device firms are considering or testing out lower-cost sales deployment options to reach the same level of success that field sales teams have achieved in the past.

Looking back on the ’80s—leg warmers, Jazzercise, the Walkman and MTV—one can’t help feeling nostalgic, but also perhaps a little bit embarrassed. We were just getting started with personal computing and the technology revolution, so you could excuse a few of the things we did back then that now look a little silly or excessive. We didn’t know any better. It was a different time.

Maintaining long-term personal relationships is hard work. It takes conscious effort and constant focus in order for any relationship to survive. What’s often even harder, however, is rebuilding a broken relationship. Any relationship therapist will tell you that the inability to rebuild trust is what ends up destroying a relationship for good. This sentiment holds true in the business context as well.